What event in August 1991 greatly accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union? Mikhail Gorbachev was voted out of office in a free and fair election. Mikhail Gorbachev was ousted by a coup that was led by his rival Boris Yeltsin. A failed coup by conservative forces that were from within Gorbachev's own government. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent reunification of Germany.

What event in August 1991 greatly accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union? Mikhail Gorbachev was voted out of office in a free and fair election. Mikhail Gorbachev was ousted by a coup that was led by his rival Boris Yeltsin. A failed coup by conservative forces that were from within Gorbachev's own government. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent reunification of Germany.

		Mikhail Gorbachev was voted out of office in a free and fair election.
		Mikhail Gorbachev was ousted by a coup that was led by his rival Boris Yeltsin.
		A failed coup by conservative forces that were from within Gorbachev's own government.
		The fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent reunification of Germany.